Experimental Physics and
Industrial Control System

"Mark Rivers" <[email protected]> · Wed, 6 Jan 2010 14:12:15 -0600

OK, so the problem is with the X server, not the client, since that
behaviour does not occur when displaying MEDM from the other platform on
Linux or Windows, right?  Do you know when the problem started?  I am
not a Mac user, but Lewis Muir and Eric Norum are, so maybe they have
some ideas?

-----Original Message-----
From: Josh Stein [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2:10 PM
To: Mark Rivers
Cc: EPICS tech-talk
Subject: Re: Odd MEDM behavior on OS-X

Good question Mark, and I should have pointed this out before...

Running MEDM on other platforms while exporting the display back to my 
Mac produces identical results (e.g. those specific buttons are still 
non-functional).

Mark Rivers wrote:
> Can you isolate the problem to the X server or client?  What happens
if
> you run the same version of medm on a Linux system and display on your
> Mac, or run medm on your Mac and display on Linux or Windows? 
>
> Mark
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Josh Stein
> Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2:02 PM
> To: EPICS tech-talk
> Subject: Odd MEDM behavior on OS-X
>
> Ok, we're having an odd problem here at APS which has myself and
others 
> scratching our heads.
>
> When running MEDM on my Mac (OS X - Leopard) I am able to open and 
> execute existing screens, but when I try to add an object (using the 
> object pallet) things get bizarre. I am unable to successfully
interact 
> with any of the object buttons within the palette (so, for example, if
I
>
> wanted to place a static rectangle using the drawing object, I cannot 
> seem to get that button to "press"). All buttons within the object 
> palette are similarly crippled.
>
> Other uses of the mouse button within MEDM seem fine - for example
when 
> a screen is operating and connected to PVs, I can click on related 
> displays, or other controllers and have them function properly.
>
> Furthermore the other two palette types (Resource and Color) function
> fine.
>
> I realize I can place objects by right-clicking on the display - but 
> something has changed recently, as I've traditionally always used the 
> object palette.
>
> Any ideas? Our Mac people have tried differing versions of the OS with

> no difference noted.
>
> --Josh
>
>   

Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System

Experimental Physics and
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